Typographical machine.



T. S. HOMANS.

TYPoGRAPHIcAL MACHINE.

APPLICATIGN FILED FEB. l2. |915.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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T. S. HOMANS.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILEi) FEB. 12. 1915.

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' TYPoGRAPmc/LMACHINL APPLICATION FILED FEB. I2. |915.

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sf ,Wirlll l WITNESSES: 'A INVENTOR is a side elevation of the upperportion of a UNTTED sTATEs rn" THOMAS s. HoMANs, or HEMrsT/EAD, NEWYORK, AssrGNon To INTERNATIONAL TYPE; 'y

SETTING MACHINE COMPANY, F NEW'YORK,'N. Y., AYKCOBPORATION O'F NEWYORK.l

T YPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. l i H'Patentd Oct. 5,1915.

Application mea February-fia, 1915. serial No. 7,829.

' To all whom it may concern:

State of New York, have inventedpnew and useful Improvements inTypographical Ma-v chines, of which the following is a specifica.'- y

tion.

ments in line casting machinesl of the lino'- type class and moreespecially to` those em,

bodying a plurality of magazines any one of which may be placed inoperativeposition as desired and thevprimaryobject ofthe invention is toprovide simplified and improved means whereby three or more magav zinesmay be contained 1n the machine and any one of such magazines maybebrought tributer after use.

. consists in certain improvements and com` magazines .shifted intooperative positionas desired to deliver The present invention relates toimprove-v the-,matrices under control of the keyboard and to receivelthe matrices from the dis- Tol these and other ends, the inventionbination and arrangements of parts' all as willbe hereinafter more fullydescribed, the features of noveltybeing pointed out par-l specification.l In the accompanying drawlngs: Figure 1 machine ofthe linotype class,embodying vmagazine shifting means constructed in accordance with lthepresent invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing theinto a diHerent position.

lationand vmea-ns is provided for shifting lthe magazmes ywhereby anyone of them can bebrought into operative position. as may Nrorrio. f

be desired.v As shown, 1 designates the upper portion of the main frameof themafk chine and Q designates the br'a'cket'which vsupports thedistributer. The distributer is` `shown conventiallyas of theconstructionv n commonlyusedfon machinesof this class,- it

embodying ak combination rail 3 from which the matrices M are suspendedand which are fed alongv ,thisV rail by the conveyer screws 4,and 5designates the magazine en#` trance which receives the matrices'from thedistributer; and guidesv them into the appropriate vchannels ofwhichever magazine is in f use'. The magazine entrance 'is movable vvto`andfrom operative position in order that it ,may bevsh1fted clear ofthe upper ends ofv the' magazines while the "latter are being shifted.`In the construction. shown, the

magazine entrance is pivoted on the distribvuterrbracket at 6 and isconnected by a linkl 7:'.toa handle 8, the latter being withinconvenient reach ofthe operator at the front of themachine and isadapted to b e manipu- Y lated to swing the magazine entrancerearticularly in the claims at--the endl of theA shown in Fig. 2 and tobe swung forwardly' into the operative position as shown in Fig.v l il 1. The three magazines 9, 10 and .11 are arranged in inclined positionandin super- Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view showing the magazines at anintermediate stage in the manlpulation of the keyboard. In the presentinstance, the invention is shown applied to a machine of the linotypeclass which is vadapted to contain three magazines which are in inclinedposition and superposed reposed relation and they are supported on themagazine frames 12, 13 and 14 respectively, the magazine frames beingconnected at the sides by the upper and lower side plates 15 land 16.The side plates 15v and 16 supporting the magazines and their frames arecarried by a rocker frame 17 which is pivoted on the 'i main frame, at18 and is adapted to swing in a forward and rearward direction to carrythe magazines to operative and inoperative positions respectively, asshown inFi s. 1 and 4. The lower or forward ends o the imagazines aremounted on a cross shaft 19,

this cross shaft being fixed at its .ends to collars 2O and said collarsare fixed on the inner ends of a pair of stub shafts 21 which stubshafts have hubs 22 which are movable longitudinally in'slots 23 formedtoward the front of the rocker frame 17. Preferably,

Ithe slots 23 are horizontal when the rocker ed to revolve in unison byt e shaft 19, and p the pinions will in consequence travellongitudinally in the slots 23. l'lhe shaft 19, however, which supportsthe side plates 16 is eccentric to the axis of the pinions during therotary and lon itudinal movement of the pinions, the sha t 19 willdescribe a cycloidal path and this cycloidal motion will be imparted tothe lower or forward ends of the magazines. Preferably, one revolutionof the crank serves to position each magazine in operative position.

In the construction shown, the lower. ends of the magazines 9, 10 and 11are provided with escapements 27, 28 and 29 toV control the delivery ofmatrices from the magazines and a set of reeds or escapement actuatingrods 20 are mounted to move vertically j inl? the frame 1. As eachmagazine is brought into operative position, its escapements will.

be'moved into'coperative relation with the reeds 30. The cycloidalmovement which'ie imparted to the lower ends of the magazines duringeach revolution of the crank 26 4operates first to lift the escapementsof whatever magazine happens to be in operative position upwardly abovethe lreeds 30, then shifts the escapements laterally above the reeds tocarry the escapements of one magazine out of operative relation with thereeds and the final part of the cycloidal movement causes theescapements of the magazine which is moving into operative position todescend into cooperative relation with the reeds.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 4,

the upper ends of the magazines and their frames are guided andsupported by pins or rollers 31 which move longitudinally in horizontalslots 32 formed in the upper por tion of the rocker frame 17, it beingunder stood that the upper ends of the magazine are guided tosuccessively assume a position in register with the magazine entrance5.-

VIn the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3, means Ais provided forimparting cycloidal movement to the upper and lower portions of themagazines and their frames. In this construction, the upper side plates15 are supported by a cross shaft 33 which is fixed at its ends to apair of cranks 34, `the latter being located at opposite sides' of themagazine frames and are fixed to shafts 35 carrying pinions 36, thepinions cooperating with racks 37 formed on or attached to the upperportion of the rocker frame 17 and hubs or collars on the shafts 35operate longitudinally in horizontal slots 38 formed in the un perportion of the rocker frame. Links 39 connect the upper shafts 35 andthe lower shafts 19. If desired, the racks 37 which control thecycloidal movements for the upper portions of the magazines could beplaced at the lower sides of the slots 38H and the crank arms 34 set inparallelism with the crank arms 20, in which case, the magazines wouldmove bodily in a cycloidal path during the shifting of the magazines. Inthe construction shown, however, the racks 37 are locatedat the uppersides of the slots 38 and the-crank arms 34 are set" at substantiallyopposite angles to the crank .arms 20 and, consequently, during theshift ing of the magazines, the upper and lower portions of themagazines will describe cycloidal paths but the cycloidal paths willalternate so that when the lower ends of the magazines arerising,theup'per ends of the magazines will be falling and vice versa, and inthat way the weight of the magazines will be at all times nearlybalanced and very little eifortwill be required to turn the handle.

'Y Fig. 3 illustrates diagrammatically the .movements described by themagazines durf' ing the shifting operation. In the construction shown,the axis of the shafts 19 andalso of the shafts 33, whenv such are used,are on the pitch line of the respective pinions un these shaftstherebycausing these vshafts to describe true cycloids, but it will beunderstood that theshafts may be located either within or outside of thepitch lines of the re-4 spe'ctive pinions to accomplish the same resultwithout departing from the principle fof the invention..

Having described my invention,I claim .1. In a machine of the linotypeclass, in.

combination, a plurality of inclined matrix magazines, a set ofunderlying escapement actuating devices, and means for moving themagazines to bring any one of them into operative position, said meansincluding a pivotal support for the. lower ends of the magazines andguiding means for moving the pivotal' support in one or moresubstantially cycloidal paths. i

2. In a machine of the linotype class, in

combination a plurality of inclined matrix magazines, a set ofunderlying escapement actuating devices, a pivot supporting the lowerends ofthe magazines, and means for moving said pivot in a substantiallycycloidal path to bring the desired magazine into operative position.

3. In a machine of the linotype class, in combination, aplurality ofinclined matrix magazines, a set of underlying escapement actuatingdevices, a pivot ,supporting the lower ems of the 'maga-zines, andYmeans for moving said pivot ina plurality of substantially cycloidalpaths to bring any one of said magazines into operativ@J position.

4. In a vmachine of the linotype class, in

combination, a plurality of inclined matrix magazines, a set ofunderlying escapement actuating devices, a frame having a rack thereon,a pinion coperative with said rack, and a pivot carried by said pinionand supporting the lower ends of the magazines, and operative to movethe latter in a plurality of l substantially cycloidal paths to bringany one of the magazines into operative posi- 10 tion.

In testimony whereof I have herennto set my hand in presence of twosubscr1b1ng Witnesses.

THOMAS S. HOMANS. VWitnesses W. E. BERTRAM, NICHOLAS TESTS.

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